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Authorization for Digital Signatures on Hospice Forms 3071, Individual Election, Cancellation or Update and 3074, Physician Certification Terminal Illness
Pursuant to 1 TAC, Ch. 203, RULE §203.23: Digital Signatures, HHSC has approved the process for accepting digital signatures on hospice forms 3071 and 3074.
A digital signature will be accepted by HHSC if the signature is derived using software that creates a digital signature logo with a system-generated date and timestamp or includes the logo of the digital software used.
Pursuant to 1 TAC, Part 1, Ch. 203, Rule §203.24: Acceptable Digital Signature Technology, this is the list of acceptable technologies for a digital signature:
- A public key-based digital signature must be unique to the person using it.
- A public-key based digital signature must be capable of independent verification.
- The private key of public-key based digital signature must remain under the sole control of the person using it, or in the case of a role-based key, that person and an escrow agent acceptable to that person and the state agency.
- The digital signature must be linked to the message of the document in such a way that it would be computationally infeasible to change the data in the message or the digital signature without invalidating the digital signature.
A digital signature will not be accepted by HHSC if the digital signature provided is any of the following, including, but not limited to:
- A photocopy of a handwritten signature
- An ink stamp of a handwritten signature
- A typed signature without a digital stamp
Email questions to HospicePolicy@hhs.texas.gov
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